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If there is one thing in this world that I have always loved that is overcomplicating things. (And dinosaurs). So I was extra happy that I could work on this comic about comics, what is more, comics about comics studies. My comics are part of a larger project, published in the volume Comics Is…: Debating the Subject of Comics Studies, edited by Martin Lund: the chapters of the book are academic conversations on defining comics and on aspects of comics that seem relevant in the current moment.
I feel that the mini zine format is what I need to be doing right now! Here is a new riso-printed mini zine about my frustration about AI-generated animals. I do not believe that we need fake videos about artificial animals jumping around–but I made an attempt to analyze and understand some aspects of the situation. So, behold my zine, Fake Birds!
Fake Birds was printed in BPZines Risograph Studio, Budapest, in January 2026.
I have made a new zine titled Where is the Flow? It is about anxieties around creativity and self-expression and it is a fictional monologue of a Hungarian woman called Ildikó. I was selling this zine–along with other comics I co-created or edited– at the Helsinki Zine festival, 20-21 September 2025. I loved the location of the festival in an abandoned factory, I loved the windows that gave us so much light, and the proximity of the comics festival participants. I also made a number of new friends 🙂
Where is the Flow? was printed in If By Magic risograph studio in Helsinki.
Festival Appearances:
Helsinki Zine Festival, 20-21 September, 2025
In COMPLEX, you can navigate between many storylines. It starts out at an art exhibition, and depending on your choices, you can test gravity on various space objects, challenge patriarchy with cats, or can help our heroes survive their poor life choices. This is THE choose your own adventure comic from the Balkans that you would not want to miss!
Last autumn (2024) I had the pleasure to co-teach a one-week practical workshop on making comics and feminism. This practical workshop was attended by young creative women studying at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, and and they were so dedicated and hard-working, that we managed to publish an anthology of our work. My co-teacher, Nikoletta Mihalik took on the role of designing our booklet, which contains a lot of 2-page comics on the experience of being a young woman in Hungary today. Topics include body image, work-life balance, wrestling, and the most popular topic is the weigh of expectations.
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I spent the first half of this year in the USA as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the University of Oregon. I cannot tell you how privileged I feel for having been given this grant and the opportunity to immerse myself into the world of comics.
(more…)Have you always wanted a Hungarian comic in which nothing happens? In which Lidl cashiers are grumpy and the protagonists know all Netflix series by heart?
Then Weekdays, my first comic book, is for you! Nothing really happens in this story about three siblings. For one of them reality seems darker, gloomier, more unbearable, and the other two brothers try to help him in their own ways.
⭐ Hosting event series at Sziget Festival ⭐
– Last week I was working as program host of the amazing THINK FOR TOMORROW venue at one of the largest music festivals in Europe, Sziget.
– The venue served as a hub for discussing issues like climate change, migration, AI, post-capitalism, mental health, education. The venue was powered by Milestone Institute.
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